Beautiful Vale of Rest

My soul with rap­ture waits for thee

Beautiful vale of rest;

My home be­yond the roll­ing sea

Beautiful vale of rest;

I long to sing thy plea­sures o’er

The glo­ries of thy tran­quil shore

Where pain and sor­row come no more—

Happy vale of rest.

Beautiful vale of rest

Beautiful vale of rest

My soul with rap­ture longs for thee

O! love­ly vale of rest.

Thy ra­di­ant fields and glow­ing skies

Beautiful vale of rest;

Too pure and bright for mor­tal eyes

Beautiful vale of rest;

Beside the liv­ing stream that flows

The wea­ry heart shall find re­pose—

Thy pear­ly gates shall nev­er close

Happy vale of rest.

The joys of earth

how soon they fade!

Beautiful vale of rest;

Like morn­ing dew or ev­en­ing shade

Beautiful vale of rest;

Yet

when we reach thy gold­en strand

Our gen­tle Sav­ior’s pro­mised land

We’ll sing with all the an­gel band

Happy vale of rest.

O! who would dwell for­ev­er here

Beautiful vale of rest;

With joy

un­fad­ing joy so near

Beautiful vale of rest;

O! may I live that I may wear

A star­ry crown for­ev­er there

And breathe thy sweet and bal­my air

Happy vale of rest.